Call of the Mists
Added 2023-05-01 01:52:01 +0000 UTCA thousand voices cry out, demanding to be heard. A thousand feelings flood in, tearing the soul every which way. A thousand wills desiring victory, justice, vengeance, deliverance, sanctuary, forgiveness, peace, war eternal...
And the loudest among them, crisp and sharp as splintered crystal, calls out above all the rest, followed by a gentle, soothing shroud of wings: "Your journey is not yet at its end. We shall embrace your fate as one."
Sure must be... interesting experience to just wake up one day as a revenant. In Morhault's case, it kind of sucked. I mean, not just the "there's an entire backup choir living rent-free in your head 24/7 now"; it generally started sucking when Flame Legion used him as a live ritual sacrifice, and went vaguely downhill from there.
Some of you may remember it from ye ancient times (namely 2019-ish), as it popped up a few times during streams or in my WIP reports. This piece ended up pretty wildly different than I hoped it would. There was originally a full ensamble of mist legends – Kalla, Glint, Shiro, Jalis, Ventari and Mallyx, but my skill is just not at the point where I could convincingly render them in a way that did not look completely stupid with the rest of it. So a vaguely shaped colored smear it is instead. Which means I'll probably get back to it at some point in the (likely distant) future and repaint the whole thing.
I do kind of like the colors though...
Hollowed life, new rebirth
Set forth a soldier consumed by the earth
Burdened down, last to die
Laden with monstrous souls deep inside
Sacrificed into flame
Now fed as kindling they all burn the same
With warmth to stave off the end
I'll quench the cinders' desire
To let there be fire again...
